Recipes for American Meals

These are my best ones yet. I am certain of it.

Recipes for American Meals
(Haiku)

I.

Rigatoni: one
box rigatoni noodles
one jar pasta sauce

II.

M&M Brownies:
one box brownie mix, one bag
mini M&Ms

prepare according
to package directions; add
in M&Ms. Bake.

III.

Abandon oven
mitts and noodle colanders —
drive through McDonalds.

Published by Sarah M. Wells

Sarah M. Wells is an award-winning author of six books: The Family Bible Devotional: Stories from the Gospels to Help Kids and Parents Love God and Love Others (2022), American Honey: A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation (2021), Between the Heron and the Moss (2020), The Family Bible Devotional: Stories from the Bible to Help Kids and Parents Engage and Love Scripture (2018), Pruning Burning Bushes (2012), and a forthcoming essay collection. Sarah's work has been honored with four Pushcart Prize nominations, and her essays have appeared in the notable essays list in the Best American Essays 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Sarah is the recipient of a 2018 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. She resides in Ashland, Ohio with her husband and three children.

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